Criminal case initiated against members of Council of Elders of Davitashen administrative district for abuse of office

ArmInfo. A criminal case has been initiated in the Prosecutor's Office of Armenia over the sale of public territory in 2008 in the Davitashen administrative district at
a price lower than the market price.

According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, on
October 6, 2008, according to the protocol on the privatization
auction and the decision of the head of the administrative district
of Davitashen, the territory that is the property of the district,
which is 845.7 square meters, was alienated according to the auction
agreement at 33.000 drams per 1 sq. m, which is much lower than the
market value of the total territory in 2008 by 18.000.000 drams.

In fact, the Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case under Article
308 of the RA Criminal Code (Abuse of office).

To note, until May 2008, the Davitashen community was headed by Suren
Ghukasyan, and since May the son-in-law of the former head of the RA
Police Artur Gevorgyan, who later became an MP from the former ruling
Republican Party.